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Title: Cameroons under United Kingdom Trusteeship

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1952

Publishers

  • Lagos, Nigeria : Survey Department, 1952.

Summary

The Cameroons under the United Kingdom Trusteeship consisted of two mountainous strips divided by the Benue river by a gap of approximately 45 miles. "3000/65/2-52" Map shows: international, provincial, Nigeria-Cameroons, divisional, and district boundaries; customs stations; three classes of roads and railways; lighthouses; telegraph lines; wireless stations, and native courts. The Trust Territory administered as part of Bornu, Adamawa, Benue, is shown by color code. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is included in companion volume.

Subjects

  • Nigeria
  • Africa, West
  • Administrative and political divisions—Maps
  • Nigeria—Administrative and political divisions
  • Great Britain—Colonies
  • Nigeria—Maps
  • Thematic maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (9.6, 14.75, 13.75, 7.166667)
  • Geometry: BBOX (9.6, 14.75, 13.75, 7.166667)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Nigeria. Survey Department. Cameroons under United Kingdom Trusteeship. Lagos, Nigeria : Survey Department, 1952.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-gm80hz558

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng